_New Spain_, viceroyalty of, government history, and discovery, i. 20. Political and territorial divisions, 32. Boundaries, 33. Extent and climate, 34. Features, productions and mines, 35. Rivers, 45. Lakes, 46. Temperature, 47. Population, 21. 47. Antiquities and manufactures, 52. Commerce, 53. Revenues, 55. Army, 56. Recent events, 56. Metropolis, 57. Provinces of, 68. _Neyva_, town of New Granada, i. 281. _Nicaragua_, province of Guatimala, boundaries, climate, features, i. 166. Productions, trade, mines, population, animals, capital, i. 167. ----, town of Guatimala, i. 168. _Nicoya_, town of Guatimala, i. 176. _Nicuessa_, voyage of, i. 212. _Nirgua_, town of Caraccas, ii. 58. _Noanamas_, village of New Granada, i. 274. _Nobles_ of New Spain, i. 32. _Norte_, Rio Grande del, i. 45. 98. _Nuestra Senora de la Vittoria._ See _Tabasco_. O _Oaxaca_ or Guaxaca, intendancy of, boundaries, i. 151. Mines, inhabitants, manufactures, capital and towns, 152. Mountains, antiquities, rivers, grant to Cortez, 154. _Oaxaca_, city of New Spain, scite, vicinity, climate, i. 152. Public buildings and population, 152. _Obelisks_ in Cuyo, ii. 218. _Ocana_, town of New Granada, i. 259. _Ocona_, town of Peru, ii. 148. _Ocumara_, town of Caraccas, ii. 56. _Olives_, cultivation of, forbidden in New Spain, i. 38. _Ojeda_, voyages and discoveries of, i. 211. _Omaguas_ Indians, i. 324. _Omasuyos_, district of La Plata, ii. 183. _Omoa_, town of Guatimala, i. 175. _Orchilla_ island, Caribbean Sea, ii. 298. _Orellana_, discovery of the Maranon by, i. 291. _Origin_ of the slave trade, ii. 22. _Orinoco_ river, ii. 10. 41. _Oro_, platina mine in New Granada, i. 274. _Oropesa_, city of La Plata, ii. 181. _Orizaba_, volcano of New Spain, i. 150. ----, town of New Spain, i. 147. _Oruro_, district of La Plata, ii. 178. ----, city of La Plata, ii. 179. _Ostimuri_, district of New Spain, i. 89. _Ostrich_ of America, ii. 259. _Otabalo_, jurisdiction of New Granada, i. 303. ----, city of New Granada, i. 304. _Otomacs_ Indians, ii. 15. _Ovando_ refuses Columbus leave to refit his ship at Hispaniola, i. 210. P _Pacajes_, district and town of La Plata, ii. 184. _Pachachaca_, river of Peru, ii. 146. _Pachacamac_, a deity of the Peruvians, ii. 105. Temple of, in Peru, 103. ----, isle in the Pacific, ii. 296. _Pachacutec_, 10th Inca of Peru, ii. 85. _Pachitea_, river, ii. 127. _Pachuca_, town of New Spain, i. 134. _Pachuquilla_, the most ancient village of the vale of Anahuac, i. 134. _Pacific Ocean_, discovered by Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, i. 213. _Pagi_, or Puma, of Chili, ii. 256. _Pajaro_, Chilian island, ii. 282. _Paillamachu_, toqui of the Chilese, ii. 241. _Paintings_, Mexican, i. 52. 123. _Pampas_ of Buenos Ayres, ii. 222. _Pampas del Sacramento_, ii. 151.